Wausau Pilot & Review
UPDATED: Police say a vehicle fire sparked a blaze that destroyed a Minocqua business early Monday.
The fire caused a chain reaction of events that left one person injured.
Just after 4 a.m. Monday, Minocqua Police received a call regarding a car on fire that was parked near Copycat Printers, a building that is also home to several apartments on the upper level. All residents escaped the blaze, but one person was taken to a local hospital, police said.
The car fire caused the vehicle to explode and the fire spread to the building. The building sustained heavy damage and a second vehicle was damaged as well, police said.
A portion of Hwy. 51 in Minocqua was shut down for hours early Monday as a re ult of the blaze. Traffic was diverted on Hwy. 51 at Old Hwy. 70 for more than four hours after the fire was reported.
There’s no word yet on the cause of the blaze.
